Charles Allen

The funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Central United Methodist Church, where he was a member, by the Revs. Joe Collins and Chris Smith. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Allen was born Sept. 19, 1940, in Cleveland County to Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Owens Allen. He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was the executive vice president of Mid-State Plastics in Seagrove until his retirement. He was a graduate of North Carolina State University in electrical engineering. He was a certified quality control engineer.

Surviving are his wife, Dr. Susan Wilson Allen of the home; one son, James Jeremy Allen of Matthews; one daughter, Jennifer Susan Allen of the home; his mother of Kings Mountain; and a brother, Arthur Allen Jr. of Charlotte.

The family will receive friends tonight from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Briggs Funeral Home and other times at the home on Vernon Street.

Memorials may be made to Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 126, Denton, N.C. 27239 or to the American Cancer Society, 4-A Oak Branch Drive, Greensboro, N.C. 27407.